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Some quotes from the December 13, �93 issue of Newsweek:

Cover:
�Global Mafia: They�re Ruthless. Stateless. High Tech. And Deadly.�

p. 22
  �Around the globe, intelligence agencies are refocusing their operations from spies to criminals.  Some of this may reflect the desire of spooks to protect their budgets in the post-cold-war world.  But the threat is real...�

  �The first trend is the development of computer and communications technology.  Electronic fund-transfer systems can whiz billions of dollars around the globe within seconds.  Faxes and cellular telephones can be encrypted, making it all but impossible to trace calls from them.  Drug-cartel planes flying north to the United States have signal interceptors to plot radar and avoid monitoring.�

p. 24
  �...the Cali cartel treats cocaine as a business like any other (give or take the odd murder).  The cartel recently tried to lease its own satellite so the CIA and DEA couldn�t listen in on conversations.  Cali�s recruits are intelligent and its systems are high tech.  In one case, the DEA arrested a trafficker who had 20 computers to run his distribution network.�

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